>jessica, I AM AN ILLIGETIMATE POWELL.MY GREAT GRANDFATHER IS SUPPOSED TO BE A GAINER pOWELL .ON MY FATHERS MOTHERS SIDE WE ARE RELATED TO BILLY mcintosh a half breed creek chief from the 1800s.im curious,when i called about testing for native american ancestory,i was told it was very unreliable (Familytreedna.com)We have documented it but would be good to get dna validation.i dont think its possible because it would be my paternal(grandfathers wifes side)i can only do my mothers mother etc.I knew there were Irish that fled to us because there was a price on their head so they falsified names etc. but i was not aware of any welch or english problem.This is very interesting. sylvia ferriter James Jones kit 36906 From: Jecca Pow-Pow Wheels <[email protected]> >Date: 2008/05/01 Thu PM 09:27:31 CDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: [POWELL-DNA] Osceola.. and Murky Water > >Hello Everyone, > > I am new to this group and have several questions. First, the DNA and other information is either over my head or I simply cannot grasp all of this, all at the same time.. :) Secondly, I joined this group via the geno project from national geographic (which I think most everyone else did?).. Okay.. soo let me write here about why this project is important to me and my Powell family.. :) > >My father is Billy Gene Powell. Is father (my grandfather) is Hanfurd Eugene Powell. My grandfather is Jimmie Powell from Arkansas (we believe). My grandfather and great-grandfather were terribly secretive about our relations and ancestory. (We had some issue with the government). So. On the census, my great-grandfather denied having children (my grandfather does not have a birth certificate) therefore we cannot actually prove my grandfather has a father (anyone else confused yet?). My Great-great-grandfather's name (according to some) was James Powell, Arkansas also. However, the water get's murky from here on out (like it wasn't already).. According to my grandfather (who did not tell us when he was alive, but left us a recording----serious secretiveness..) my oldest ancestor was actually Osceola, or Billy Powell of the Florida Seminoles. His father was William Stewart (of the England Stewarts.. and escaped perscuetion fled to the U.S. and changed his name to William! ! > Powell). Soooo... I'm a historian (graduated and by profession) and this is clearly murky water.. However, if there are any Powell's that this story sounds familiar and or if you have dates, names or times that may correlate.. PLEASE, give me a holler, I'd appreciate. > >Thank You muchly, > >Jessica Powell >_________________________________________________________________ >In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008 > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, What you could do is an admixture test which will tell you what percentage of various ethnic genes you carry. It is offered at www.ancestrybydna.com and is priced at around $250.00, The kit you would need is Ancestry by DNA 2.5. The problem with this is that you may not have received any portion of NA genes from your ancestors, but it worked for my husband. DNA tribes does a similar test, but I can't vouch for them as a company. Linda